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TOPICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE BLACKBOARD

[The figures refer to the numbered sections.]

   NOTE. The most important dates are uninclosed; those given in parentheses are inserted simply to enable the pupil to follow the general chronological order of events.

THE DISCOVERY AND NAMING OF AMERICA (1000-1522)

		2. Who were they?
		2. Iceland.
The Northmen		2. Greenland,
(1000)		2. "Leif the Lucky."
		2. Vinland (1000).
		3. Results of the discovery of America by the Northmen.
Geographical		1. Ideas about the earth when Columbus was born.
knowledge		1. The "Sea of Darkness."
		1. Birth of Columbus.
		3. He probably never heard of Vinland.
		4. What he wished to do.
		4. Marco Polo's book.
		4. First reason why Columbus wished to go to the Indies.
		5. His second reason for wishing to go there.
		5. Trade with the Indies. (Genoa; Venice.)
		6. Portuguese voyages; Results.
Columbus, 1492		7. Plan of Columbus. (How far right, how far wrong.)
		8. He seeks assistance.
		9. He sails, 1492. Vessels; Canary Islands; equipment for the
		voyage.
		10. Incidents of the voyage. (Compass; crew; birds.)
		11. Land! 1492. (The West Indies; the Indians.)
		12. Return. Letter of Columbus; division of the world.
		13. Disappointment of Spain. (Columbus in chains.)
		13. Death of Columbus. What he had accomplished.
		14. John and 14. Sebastian what they discovered in 1497.
The Cabots, 1497
		14. Henry VII's notebook.
		14. England's claim to America.
Origin of the		15. Amerigo Vespucci.
name "Amer-		15. What happened in 1507.
ica," 1507		15. Did Amerigo Vespucci deserve the honor he received?

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Discoveries		16. What people thought of America.
concerning		16. What Magellan discovered about America (1519-1522).
America		16. How Europe felt about his discovery.
		17. Summary of the section.
ATTEMPTS AT EXPLORING AND COLONIZING AMERICA
(1509-1600)
Ponce de Leon		18. Discovers and names Florida (1513)-
Balboa		19. Discovers the "South Sea" (1513). (Cortez proposes a canal
		across the Isthmus of Panama (1519).)
French		20. The King of France; Cartier on the St. Lawrence (1535)
explorations
New attempts of		21. De Soto's expedition (1539).
the Spaniards		22. Coronado's expedition (1540).
The French		23 The Huguenots (1562).
(Huguenots) and		23. Menendez; St. Augustine (1565).
the Spaniards		24. De Gourgues. (Results of the struggle between the French and
		the Spaniards.)
		25. Frobisher; Davis.
English explo-		25. Sir Humphrey Gilbert: Drake (1577-1580).
rations and		26. Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition (1584)-
attempts at		27, Raleigh's first colony, 1585. (The new "root"; the new weed.)
settlement, 1585		28. Raleigh's second colony (1587).
		29. Results of the Spanish, French, and English attempts up to 16oo.
		30. What America was found to be; physical geography. (Climate,
		soil, crops; healthfulness; superiority to Europe: natural
		wealth; what Gladstone said.)
		31. The Indian population.
		32. Personal appearance of the Indians. (The scalp lock.)
		33. How they lived.
America and		34. Their work. (The moccasin; the snowshoe; the birch-bark canoe,)
the Indians		35. Government of tribes; "wampum."
		36. Social condition; customs; "totems."
		37. Religion; character.
		38. Self-control; torture; respect for courage. (General Stark.)
		39. The Indian and the white man; what the Indian taught the white man.
		40. Influence of the Indians on the early history of the country.
		(The Iroquois; the Indian wars.)
Effects of the discovery of America on		41. (1) Geographical knowledge.
		41. (2) Spain, Portugal, France, and England.
		41. (3) The precious metals.
		41. (4) Trade and navigation.
		41. (5) New products.
Europe		41. (6) Sugar, cotton, rice, coffee.
		41. (7) Effects on men's minds. opportunity.
		42. Summary of the section. Spaniards, French, English; America
		in 1600.

   Effects of the geography of America on its history. See text and map, pages 42, 43.
 

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LEADING FACTS OF AMERICAN HISTORY

PERMANENT ENGLISH AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS (1607-1763)

The English and the French establish permanent colonies. I. Virginia, 1607		43. Opening of the 17th century; the desire of the English to go to
		Virginia.
		43. England's need of America; the King grants a charter to settle
		Virginia.
		43. The London Company; the Plymouth Company.
		44. Articles of the charter; instructions.
		45. The London Company's colony sails; Captain John Smith.
		46. Jamestown, 1607; condition of the colonists.
		47. Sufferings of the colonists; their search for the Pacific; Pocahontas.
		48. Gold? The French in Canada; Smith becomes governor; the
		colonists resolve to abandon Jamestown.
		49. Lord Delaware; Governor Dale; the great land reform. ("This
		is mine.")
		50. Cultivation of tobacco (1612). Four effects.
		51. Virginia becomes practically self-governing, 1619. The House of
		Burgesses; wives.
		52. Negro slaves, 1619; white "apprentices."
		52. What settlements were made at the North.
		53. Virginia loses her charter; Governor Berkeley; Puritans and Cavaliers.
		54. Berkeley restored to power; the Navigation Laws; the King      gives away Virginia. Other English colonies.
		55. Condition of the Virginia colonists; the Indian war; the Bacon
		rebellion, 1676; Results.
		56. Summary of the Virginia colony.
		57. Henry Hudson (1609).
		58. The Indians.
II. New		59. The Dutch take possession of New Netherland (1614); the
Netherland, or		English and the French.
New York		60. The Dutch purchase Manhattan Island, 1626.
(16l,l). Settled		61. The Patroons; Van Rensselaer.
by Dutch		62. Peter Stuyvesant; New Amsterdam. The English claim the
		country; they seize it (1664).
		63. Summary of New Netherland, or New York.
		64. Dutch claim; English claim.
Ill. NEW		64. English get possession. Name New Jersey.
Jersey 1617)		63. The Friends, or Quakers. Treaty with the Indians; government
		of the colony.
		66. Summary of New Jersey.
		67. Lack of religious liberty in England. Catholics, Puritans, Sepa-
		ratists.
		68. Emigration; the Separatists, or Pilgrims, go to Holland (1607).
		69. Why the Separatists, or Pilgrims, resolved to leave Holland for
IV. Massachu-		America.
setts (Plym-		70. Where they intended to settle; how they got assistance.
outh Colony,		71. The Pilgrims sail in the Mayflower; Myles Standish.
1620)		72. Cape Cod; the Compact.
		73. Exploring the coast; Plymouth Rock, 162o. The first winter.
		74. Governor Bradford: Town meeting; treaty with the Indians.
		75. The Pilgrims buy out the English Company. Growth of the
		colony; what made the Pilgrims great.

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		76. Salem; Governor Endicott; religious toleration, cutting the
		cross out of the English flag.
		77. Governor Winthrop; Boston, 1630. Great Puritan emigration to
		New England.
		78. Government of Massachusetts; town meetings; who could vote;
		occupations of the people.
		79. Banishment of Roger Williams; of Mrs. Hutchinson; Williams
		and Massasoit.
IV. Massachu-		80. The Boston Free Latin School (1635); Harvard University,
setts (Massa-		1636; Rev. John Eliot; first Printing Press, 1639. Common
chusetts Bay		school system founded, 1647.
Colony, 1630)		81. The New England Confederation, 1643; object; Results.
		82. The coming of the Friends, or Quakers.
		83. Why it excited alarm; what the Friends believed, what they
		refused to do.
		84. Effect of persecution on the Friends.
		85. What the Puritans of Massachusetts did to the Quakers.
		86. King Philip's War, 1675. Eliot's Indians; Result of the war.
		87. The Salem witchcraft.
		88. Massachusetts loses her charter; Andros; the new charter.
		89. Summary of Plymouth and of Massachusetts Bay colonies.
		90. Grant to Gorges and Mason; first settlements.
		91. Division of the territory; New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine;
V. New Hamp-		Exeter.
shire (1623)		92. Londonderry: union of New Hampshire with Massachusetts.
		Voting; New Hampshire a royal province.
		93. Summary of New Hampshire.
		94. Emigration to the valley of the Connecticut; Hooker's colony.
		95. The Pequot War.
VI. Connecticut		96. The Connecticut constitution, 1639. Of what it was the parent.
(1634)		97. The New Haven colony; Scripture laws.
		98. The Regicides; Davenport's sermon; Andros and the Connect-
		icut charter.
		99. Summary of Connecticut.
		100. The Catholic Pilgrims; Lord Baltimore; Maryland.
		101. St. Marys; the wigwam church (1634).
		102. Government of the colony; religious freedom; the Toleration
		Act, 1649.
VII. Maryland		103. Clayborne and Ingle; what the English commissioners did;
(1634)		how the Assembly or Legislature treated Lord Baltimore.
		104. Lord Baltimore restored to his rights; Maryland loses her
		charter.
		105. Establishment of the Church of England: Maryland restored
		to Lord Baltimore; Mason and Dixon's line (1763-1767).
		106. Summary of Maryland.
		107. Roger Williams; Providence; the first Baptist church in
		America (1639).
VIII. Rhode		108. Liberty of conscience, 1636. The Constitution of the United
Island (1636)		States.
		109. Settlement of the island of Rhode Island; the charter; Rhode
		Island and the Revolution.
		110. Summary of Rhode island.

 

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